Improvement in lint-rooms



JADE-1100111. No. 203,103.A Patenjd April 30, 1878.

lun 111 Y ATTORNEY UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

ROBERT F. BAUGHN AND WILLIAM M. HARRISON, OF LEXINGTON, MISS.

IMPROVEMENT IN LlNT-ROOMS.

Specication forming part of Letters' Patent No. 203,103, dated April 30,1878; application filed October 13, 1877.

, by declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of an inside view of theend wall of ginhouse, showing our invention applied 5 and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical section of the lint-room and gin-house wall.

This invention relates to means for preventing re from beingcommunicated from one building to another, as from a gin-house to thelintroom, or the reverse; and the nature of the invention consists inattaching' the lintroom to the gin-house byA means of fastenings thatwill be quickly consumed by the flames, so that the lint-room, beingmounted `upon wheels, will run down an incline plane,

away from the burning gin-house, or, being itself on fire, will beremoved from the ginhouse, thereby saving the latter and its contents.

The principle and mechanical deviceswhereby this result is attained areapplicable to dwelling-houses and their adjoining kitchens,

and to various other buildings and their offices. t v

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates the end wall of anordinary ginhouse, and B the lint-room, separate and distinct therefrom,and provided with suitable passages of communication.

The lint-room is mounted upon wheels a, of any suitable material anddimensions, running in grooved trackways B', that incline downward fromthe gin-house wall A, and are supported by cross-ties b or otherequivalent devices.

The end of the lint-room adjoining the wall is provided with a strongmetallic staple, c,

Vextending beyond the upright d of the ginhouse frame, with which theangular end of a horizontallyvibrating catch, O, having its fulcrum onthe said upright, is adapted to engage when the said lint-room is closeup against the wall A.

D indicates a hemp or other-inflammable rope, one end of which isrigidly secured to a bolt or eye, e, at or near the upper end of theupright d. It is then carried through an orifice of small size in theend wall of the lint-house, diagonally across the same to a headed bolt,p, upon the side wall, and, being carried around the same, is extendeddownward to and around a second bolt, p', near the floor f. From thispoint it extends to the front, through an oriiice of small size in thewall aforesaid, and is provided with a metallic ring, t, upon its end.This end is wound around the power-arm of the latch-lever aforesaid, andits ring t' passed overa pin, j, attached, so as to swing up or down, toan eyebolt or staple, 7c, upon the inside of wall A, below the saidlever-latch, as shown in Fig.

The tendency of the lint-house being to run down the track, the rope isalways taut 5 and the latch-lever, straining against the couplingpin j,which, by its engagement' with the ring fi on said rope, alone holds thelint house against the gin-room. Consequently, if the rope be burnedthrough, the house B, being freed, runs down the incline, away from thegin-house, and, carrying the iiames with it, prevents the same frombeing communicated to it.

In lieu of the pins p p, we may use eyebolts, pulleys, and other similardevices.

We do not coniine ourselves to the special mode of carrying the rope tovarious points in the lint-room above described, as the said rope may becarried along the sides, ends, roof, or

through the middle of the building. It may also be carried past one ormore apertures in the walls of the lint-house, so that it may be severedat the first signs of re, and the said lint-room caused to separateitself from the gin-house.

We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination,with the gin-house A,

tracks B', and a wheeled lint-room, B, of the have hereunto subscribedour names n the rope D, extending through, across, or around presence oftwo witnesses.

the said lint-room, secured at one end to the ROBERT F. BAUGHN.gin-house, and passing through the lint-room, WILLIAM M. HARRISON. thering i, the staple c, the latch-lever C, and Witnesses:

coupling-ping', substantially as specified. J. M. WEST,

In testimony that We claim the above we vW. W. HOSKTNS.

